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This elegant and spacious 3 bedroom loft brings together modern comfort with old world style. Situated right near Times Square, this unique loft is perfect to experience NYC life as a true New Yorker in the heart of the city.

There is a double bed in each bedroom and the couch in the living room is extendable and can sleep 2 more. Also the apartment is equipped with everything you will need like coffee maker, dining table set, cutlery, microwave, kettle, mini-bar, high thread linens, towels, and even a washer and dryer - a luxury that not many New Yorkers can enjoy.

The location is just amazing and puts you in the heart of Manhattan! You will be in walking distance of Times Square, The Theatre District, Columbus Center, Central Park, all the shopping are of 5th and 6th Avenue, Macy's and all the great restaurants in Hells Kitchen. And do not forget that galleries, museums, cafes, 24 hour stores, cinemas and the most popular night life bars/clubs are right outside your front door!

We have two identical apartments one next to the other so please let me know if you are a bigger group - they are on the top floor of the building with private roof deck access with nice views for even more privacy.

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Please no smoking, pets or parties permitted..

Our friendly and professional cleaning staff will assure that upon your arrival there will be newly pressed linens, towels and fresh flowers in your apartment. Upon arrival you will also be provided with the contact details for a maintenance specialist who you can call anytime during your stay should you have any questions about the unit.

This flat has a great location, but it could really need some fresh paint, better beds and some cushions/pictures to make IT more comfortable. The hallway is not very nice. There are beds for 6-8 people, but the bathroom capacity, kitchen capacity and sofa capacity is to small for six people (we where 2 adults and 4 teenagers). I would not recommend more than 4 people in this flat. The flat is on the third floor and have no elevator so luggage and small kids have to be carried up. The area is a great for getting to all the sights on Manhattan.

The best thing about this apartment is the location - very close to the subway and Times Square.

The apartment itself, while not disastrous, does have certain problems which people should be aware of before reserving. First of all, the kitchen area is VERY small. There is no dishwasher so we had to wash all the dishes by hand, and there was no surface available to use as a draining board. Plus, we had to buy a drying-up towel.

The bedclothes and towels were clean but the rest of the apartment was not. The staircase obviously hadn't been cleaned for years, and there were blotches on parts of the apartment floor, hairs in the shower and so on. The heating was unpredictable and uncontrollable - heat comes from a central boiler (common in New York), but the timing seemed to change every day. At night many of our party were so overwhelmed by the heat indoors that this, combined with the extreme cold outside, led to them catching nasty colds. Sometimes we would open the windows for ventilation, but within minutes a strong smell of cooking would fill the apartment, presumably from a restaurant kitchen in the same block.

One of the bedrooms was colder than the rest of the apartment, as the heating tube had been cancelled and there was a faulty A/C unit which let cold air in from outside.

We never met the owner himself though he did send a representative in his place. But I did speak to the owner several times by telephone and SMS - he seemed like a nice guy and did respond when there were problems. For example, the hot water kept coming and going, but even on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day he got in touch with the building's maintenance people to fix it and it didn't give us any more problems after that.

Refrigerator is spacious and works well, also there was a Nespresso coffee machine, kettle and hairdryer. But we were a party of six and there were only five chairs, meaning one person had to eat on the sofa.

Wifi worked OK at the start but then went really slow. It corrected itself after a night of being left unplugged. And for those of you who like to connect USB and HDMI devices to the TV - I couldn't get mine to work. The TV kept giving me the "not connected" message even though they were.

There are no clothes drawers in the bedroom on the right of the front door - at the other end of the apartment there's a chest of drawers and other shelving, so we ended up dragging the chest of drawers into the living room (also to provide a useful surface, sadly lacking). But there is a large wardrobe with a coat rail and hangers built into the hallway (but no drawers).

All in all, this apartment is OK as long as you only use it as a place to sleep at night. You can cook there but it gets complicated, especially if you have a party of six or more.